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Southampton 8 /4/23

Had a trip to the coast yesterday 8/4/23 313208 Littlehamton 313219 Brighton 313201 Brighton 313210 Brighton

well first update of the year the hedgehog is awake and bussy nest building blue tits are nest building in the nest box blackbird is nest building in our bay tree also seen a few bees around too so good news on the wildlife front not so good on the plant front I have lost most of the oxeye daises the rosemary and the bay is looking a bit brown and battered in places they are a few other plants it is a bit to early to tell yet John

I think someone was missing there morning coffee The coffee machine in the staff room has a note on it say broken some one has added then fix the bloody thing then John

some from Three bridges John

Thanks for shareing Seen in the light rain at Ifeild station Crawley off to get more pics at Three bridges later John

yes they do a good job of trampling my plants to and knocking plants to the bottom of the pond when bathing but i have a couple that are obsessed with getting on the suet feeder as i have a tray underneath to stop the bits falling on to the path as they make it very slippy he used the tray to stand on so i then put a cage round guess what he hangs on the cage and can still just reach the feed will have to refit the cage a bit further out it is good fun though sitting watching them trying to work out to get to the feed John

they will keep trying it is a constant battle they will find a way John

The Old Lady Who Makes Bets A little old lady went into the headquarters of the National Bank of Australia one day, carrying a large bag of money. She insisted that she must speak with the chairman of the bank to open a savings account because, "It's a lot of money!" The receptionist objected, stating, "You can't just walk in here and expect to see the Chairman of the National Bank . He's a very busy man." "But I am here to make a very large cash deposit," added the old woman. The receptionist momentarily looked at the sack of money, then walked back to one of the rear offices. She came back and said, "You're in luck this morning, he will see you," and ushered her in to see the Chairman. When she walked in to a large office with a nicely tailored man behind a great red cedar desk. The bank chairman stood up and asked, "How can I help you?" She replied, "I would like to open a savings account," and placed the bag of money on his desk. "How much would you like to deposit?" he asked curiously. "$180,000, if you please," and dumped the cash out of her bag onto his desk. The Chairman was surprised to see all this cash, so he asked her, " I'm surprised you're carrying so much cash around, especially a woman at your stage in life. Where did you come by this kind of money?" The old lady coyly replied, "I make bets." Surprised, the president then asked, "Bets? What kind of bets?" The old woman said, "Well, for example, I'll bet you $25,000 that your balls are square." "What?!" cried the man, "you want to bet me $25,000 that my balls, my testicles, are square?" He could hardly hold back from laughing. "Yes, you heard me. In fact, by ten o'clock tomorrow morning, I'll bet you $25,000 that your balls will be square." The man smiled broadly, thinking he had a live one. "You've got yourself a bet!" and shook her hand. The little old lady then said, "Okay, but since there is a lot of money involved, may I bring my lawyer with me tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. as a witness?" "Sure!" replied the confident Chairman .That night, the Chairman got very nervous about the bet and spent a long time in front of a mirror checking his balls, turning from side to side, again and again. He thoroughly checked them out until he was sure that there was absolutely no way his balls were square and that he would win the bet. The next morning, at precisely 10:00 a.m., the little old lady appeared with her lawyer at the Chairman's office. She introduced the lawyer to the Chairman and repeated the bet: "$25,000 says the Chairman 's balls are square!" The Chairman agreed with the bet again and the old lady asked him to drop his pants so they could all see. The Chairman complied. The little old lady peered closely at his balls and then asked if she could feel them. "Well, Okay," said the Chairman, obviously embarrassed. Thinking to himself, "$25,000 is a lot of money, I guess it's okay." He then said, "Yes, $25,000 is a lot of money, so I guess you should be absolutely sure." As the old woman started to feel the banker's testicles, he noticed that the lawyer was quietly banging his head against the wall. The Chairman asked the old lady, "What the hell's the matter with your lawyer?" The old lady replied, "Nothing, except I bet him $100,000 that at 10:00 a.m. today, I'd have the balls of the Chairman of the National Bank of Australia in my hands.

MK 1 RF 325 seen at Eastleigh this is ex royal train 2907 RKB 1566 seen at Eastleigh RU 1947 seen at Swanage John

Yes 91008 the driver opened her right up but did not get far John

a few more from me TRFB 40743 seen at Reading MK 3 TRFB 40750 at Darlington TRB 40900 at Doncaster station TRFB 40755 at Reading John

RFM 10229 seen at Reading 10271 GFW ex RFM seen at London Marylebone TRSB 40424 at Doncaster MK 3 TRFB 40705 at Doncaster station

Fred was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young 'pullets,' and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. He kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced. This took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each bell had a different tone, so he could tell from a distance, which rooster was performing. Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report by just listening to the bells. Fred's favourite rooster, old Butch, was a very fine specimen, but this morning he noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all! When he went to investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. To Fred's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one. Fred was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the Brisbane Exhibition and he became an overnight sensation among the judges. The result was the judges not only awarded old Butch the "No Bell Piece Prize," but they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well.

having just seen todays announcement of more MK 2's in OO a MK 2 in trans Pennine and inter-city would be must haves John

32 year old locos been taken for scrap by a loco nearly twice there age i find that a bit odd John

701014 Clapham yard 11/02/23 will go into public service When?

i would rather see something new rather than a anther version of something we already have for me the siphon G and 21 and 24.5 ton coal wagons would be a must for me John

My mojo is still going strong put a second story on the station building put in the rest of the back scene and marked out the car park John

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